Please take two minutes to read through the following article and make yourself aware about #RomanceScams. If this was educational, please share this to spread the word and help make this go viral. Together, we can #StopRomanceScams#VDay https://t.co/VILeRIzS7a
@JazzyLadyInBlue@419Eater Sorry, but the purpose of scamwarners is not to try and locate alleged scammers, so this is not something that we will be re-tweeting or posting on the forum.
Apparently @Tesla are running a lottery for 100 lucky email recipients to win a Model S. Unfortunately, I won't be getting my car as like the numerous Microsoft, Facebook and Coca Cola lottery emails I receive, this one is a scam too.
#BeFraudAware#BeFraudSmart#Tell2#ItsAScam
The only problem, the blog page that "Josh" claimed held his original content didn't actually exist, until it miraculously appeared 24 hours later.
Who should we award our inaugural "dumbass of the month" award to?
Occasionally, dumb scammers contact us trying to get the details of their scams removed from our forum.
In the last few days, we've had not 1 but 2 dregs of humanity turn up trying to lie, threaten and plead to get their details removed, in an attempt to avoid losing victims.
Then we have "Josh" from India, but claiming to be in Ohio and stealing the identity of a journalist https://t.co/AVTkNn8fjb, who thought that he could pull the wool over our eyes by claiming copyright on a post on our forum.
Elderly and vulnerable people are being targeted by scammers claiming to be NCA officers. Don’t let your family and neighbours fall victims to fraudster tactics. Since April 2018 the NCA has recorded 393 reports of fraudsters claiming to be NCA officers:
🗣 Don’t assume your loved ones know, reach out and tell them, start with #tell2 today.
❤️ #Together we protect many, reduce harm and disrupt criminals.
🤚🏼 #TakeFive and verify cold contact, whether an email, call, text, letter or knock at the door, via a trusted source.